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Francis J. O'Brien, Jr.
Applied Math., Engineering, Algonquian Studies
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Scientist, inventor & writer. Employed by US Govt., Naval Station Newport. RI native. Veteran, USAF. Ph.D. Columbia. Former President, Aquidneck Indian Council. Website lists publications in (1) Algonquian Studies (2) math./stat. (3) poetry (4) essays. Latest book: A Cultural History of the Native Peoples of Southern New England (Bauu Press). The complete math. book "500 Integrals" will be available soon from DocStore. Cheers!
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company: Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Rhode Island;Aquidneck Indian Council
title: Scientist & Diversity Program Manager
industry: Defense & Space
web address: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/IndianPlaceNames.html
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city: Newport
zip: 2840
country: United States
Education:
undergraduate: RI College
degree: B.A. (Philo)
year: 1973
graduate: Teachers College & Grad. Sch Arts & Sciences, Columbia
degree: M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
year: 1980


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Understanding Algonquian Indian Words (New England)
Understanding Algonquian Indian Words (New England)
From: waabu | Date: 12/26/2008 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 2300
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Brief Dictionary of Massachusett--Narragansett languages based on Eliot's Indian Bible, Trumbull's incomplete Dictionary of Bible, and Roger William ...  more>>

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500_Integrals
500_Integrals
From: waabu | Date: 1/13/2009 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 1882
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Third printing, 11-16-09. Full book --316 pages-- available for sale as PDF file. E-mail me at francis.j.obrien@navy.mil. This material is several ...  more>>

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American Indian Studies in the Extinct Languages of Southeastern New England
American Indian Studies in the Extinct Languages of Southeastern New England
From: waabu | Date: 12/29/2008 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 1008
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Topical vocabularies for extinct Amer Indian southern N Eng langauges and dialects.Note: for the readers convenience, each chapter is a separate ...  more>>

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Indian Grammar Dictionary for N-Dialect
Indian Grammar Dictionary for N-Dialect
From: waabu | Date: 12/26/2008 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 583
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Dictionary for "A Key into the Language of America", Roger Williams (1643). An overview of grammar is in "Grammatical Studies....". it is on ...  more>>

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Proof that the Sample Bivariate Correlation Coefficient has Limits (Plus or Minus) 1
Proof that the Sample Bivariate Correlation Coefficient has Limits (Plus or Minus) 1
From: waabu | Date: 1/15/2009 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 549
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Introduction to the Narragansett Language
Introduction to the Narragansett Language
From: waabu | Date: 12/26/2008 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 507
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Retranslation of "A Key into the Language of America" by Roger Williams, 1643 Dictionary is separate booksee Indian Grammar Dictionary. An ...  more>>

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American Indian Place Names in Rhode island: Past and Present
American Indian Place Names in Rhode island: Past and Present
From: waabu | Date: 12/27/2008 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 470
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A Indian place names in Rhode Island. 2nd edition will appear in 2009 from Bauu Press. more>>

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Glossary of Indian Place Name Roots
Glossary of Indian Place Name Roots
From: waabu | Date: 7/13/2009 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 247
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2nd printing. Appendix to new book--Understanding Indian Place Names in Southern New England--appearing early 2010. An abridged glossary of root ...  more>>

Tags: Indian place names in RI, MA, CT, Algonquian, southern New England Indians, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, toponyms, root words, place name translation, Narragansetts, Wampanoags, Niantics, Nipmucks, Pequots, Mohegans, Quirpi, J. H. Trumbull, John Eliot, Roger Willams, Indian Bible, Natick dialect
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Indian Place Name Change Proposal
Indian Place Name Change Proposal
From: waabu | Date: 12/30/2008 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 220
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A letter written to the US Board on Geographic Names in support of proposal to change the name of the island Rhode Island back to its original Indian  ...  more>>

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Pochhammer Symbol Selected Proofs
Pochhammer Symbol Selected Proofs
From: waabu | Date: 4/16/2009 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 215
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Derivations and proofs of elementary Pochhammer Symbol formulas listed in standard sources Designed for studentsThe Errata sheet has been deleted; cor ...  more>>

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Algonquian Vocabulary: Corn, Fruit, Berries and Trees
Algonquian Vocabulary: Corn, Fruit, Berries and Trees
From: waabu | Date: 5/26/2009 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 161
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Reprinted from American Indian Studies in the Extinct Languages of Southeastern New England, 2005. Newport, RI: Aquidneck Indian Council. more>>

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Selected Transformations, Identities, and Special Values for the Gamma Function
Selected Transformations, Identities, and Special Values for the Gamma Function
From: waabu | Date: 5/8/2009 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 148
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This report contains about 65 gamma function formulas suggested as supplemental to the listing at http:functionswolfram.com. GammaBetaErfGamma The ...  more>>

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Double Factorials: Selected Proofs and Notes
Double Factorials: Selected Proofs and Notes
From: waabu | Date: 4/23/2009 | Rated: 0 (0) | Views: 137
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2nd printing. P. 23 typo/error corrected. Double factorial formulas selected from Wolfram website and new formulations The derivations are ...  more>>

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